Comedian e book creator Rob Liefeld is plotting a return to the property that helped launch his post-Marvel profession greater than 30 years in the past.
Liefeld will return to jot down and illustrate a Youngblood title for Picture Comics, which can publish the e book subsequent 12 months. It marks his first work on the property in seven years, and is working with Picture co-founder Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who oversees the property for rights holder, Rip Media Inc.
“It’s so nice that I can run into the consolation of characters that I created, that launched a motion. They carry such historical past. I like Youngblood a lot. These characters are my absolute ardour.”
Youngblood got here after Liefeld created breakout hits for Marvel, together with Deadpool, Cable and X-Drive. Then in 1992, he and different prime creators departed Marvel to launch Picture. Youngblood helped put upstart writer on the map, and have become the primary title outdoors of Marvel or DC to bow at No. 1 and promote greater than 1 million copies. The unique Youngblood miniseries finally bought 25 copies globally. And the property has spanned 100 points, counting prime skills equivalent to Robert Kirkman, Alan Moore and Mark Millar as contributors.
Along with the brand new collection, Picture will publish Youngblood Vault Version, that includes high-res scans of the unique artwork from the primary Youngblood collection, collected in a deluxe outsized hardcover. There can even be a facsimile version of Youngblood #1 to timed to its thirty third anniversary in April 2025.
“Rob and I are a implausible staff, and I’m as excited now for Youngblood’s relaunch as I used to be in 1992 for its preliminary launch,” stated Rosenberg, including, “I’m excited to deliver them to audiences outdated and new with their unique creator, Rob Liefeld.”
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